In this episode, professional bull rider Cody Teel describes what it's like to sit atop a 2000-pound bucking, snorting, spinning bull who is not at all happy to have a human on its back.

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Nashville Stampede

Professional Bull Riders

Empire of the Summer Moon

Neighborlily

Emily Lex

A woman who traded her pen for a circular saw

Bestselling author Fiona Davis

A dermatologist recommends inexpensive skincare products

A physician explains strokes

A pickleball enthusiast

A neuropsychologist discusses Alzheimer's

September is World Alzheimer’s Month, and this episode's guest knows a thing or two about that horrific disease. Dr. Katherine Gifford is an assistant professor in The Department of Neurology at VUMC. Her research focuses on disorders of aging, dementia, and developing tools for early detection of cognitive impairment. She also sees patients within the Cognitive and Behavioral Clinic at VUMC. Additionally, Dr. Gifford is the neuropsychologist in the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center, where she treats patients 12 and older who have sustained a sports-related concussion. AND—she is the consulting neuropsychologist for the NFL Tenn Titans, the NHL Nashville Predators, the MLS Nashville Soccer Club, and Vanderbilt Athletics.

Dr. Gifford defines dementia, Alzheimer's, and normal brain aging. She discusses those behaviors that are a part of normal aging and those that are problematic or abnormal. She explains what causes Alzheimer's, the disease's progression, and protective and preventative behaviors we can incorporate into our lives. Unfortunately, this terrifying disease affects every single one of us in some way. Why do some get it and others don't?

Comedian Nate Bargatze

A woman who traded her pen for a circular saw

Bestselling author Fiona Davis

A dermatologist recommends inexpensive skincare products

A physician explains strokes

A pickleball enthusiast

George Strait's backup vocalist

Many of us want to do something but don't know what that something is. Until, one day, we stumble across it. Like Carrington Fox. In podcast episode 35, Carrington discusses how she found her passion, gave up dining in restaurants—for free, and traded her pen for a circular saw.

Carrington, a long-time Nashville newspaper reporter, food critic, and journalist, also talks about her articles with Southern Living and Esquire, the screenplay she is writing, and a frozen ice pop activity with grillmaster Bobby Flay.

And, of course, we each share a new thing!

Build Me Up Buttercup

Tennessee College of Applied Technology

Pam's book

Nashville Scene

Tennessee Screenwriting Association

Bestselling novelist Fiona Davis

What's next? How Aimee Oates determined her IT.

A backup vocalist for a country music superstar

A physician discusses strokes

A dermatologist recommends inexpensive skincare products

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